Bug 441773

Summary: Application launcher replacement does not allow reverting
Product: [I don't know] kde Reporter: David <david.cortes.rivera>
Component: generalAssignee: Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG    
Severity: normal CC: nicolas.fella
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Description David 2021-08-30 18:05:01 UTC 
After updating to KDE plasma 5.21, the applications launcher (similar to the "windows" key on MS windows) got changed to a different layout without asking and without giving the option to revert to the old one in the "Switch alternatives" menu.

Previously, one could find a layout of one's liking through the alternatives, but now it is not possible to have something resembling the old menu that had been used up to plasma 5.21.

The new menu is much less ergonomic, as most of the times one wants to click the launcher icon, move the mouse to some app in the "Favorites" list and click it; which this new layout makes more difficult as moving the mouse upwards is likely to end up changing the list of shown apps to some application category.

Please add the old menu as an alternative launcher (the one which would show the favorites in a vertical list when clicked, and have the categories as tabs at the bottom) and do not push this type of forced replacements on users.
Comment 1 Nicolas Fella 2021-08-30 18:26:43 UTC 
You can download the old one from https://www.pling.com/p/1468103
Comment 2 David 2021-08-30 18:33:39 UTC 
(In reply to Nicolas Fella from comment #1)
> You can download the old one from https://www.pling.com/p/1468103

Good! But how about having something with the same type of funcionality be available in official KDE sources? By same functionality I mean something that would easily allow clicking the launcher icon, moving the mouse, and clicking an app. Just a setting to trigger the application categories on click rather on hover would be a huge improvement. Having the old design as an official alternative would be even better.